![]() Boats seemed to ring the island, ferrying an endless queue of tourists. ![]() I traveled to Ko Phi Phi (twice) while living in Bangkok to discover that they hadn’t kept their promise: the island had become overdeveloped (again). ![]() I didn’t fall in love Ko Phi Phi, but I thought that if they limited development as they said, this place wouldn’t be half bad. The inner beach was littered with coral swept in by the sea, but just outside town was beautiful Long Beach, an undeveloped stretch of white sand and turquoise water. Determined to get there and wanting to contribute to the rebuilding, I made it my first stop in Thailand when I quit my job to travel the world in 2006.Ĭonstruction was all over the place, tourists were returning - some also helping rebuild - and the government was promising to make the island more sustainable. It was one of the biggest natural disasters to ever hit the country. The entire coast was devastated, with Phi Phi one of the hardest hit. Thousands were killed and injured on the island. I was supposed to visit Ko Phi Phi in 2005, but the deadly 2004 tsunami destroyed the island.
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